Cotton chopper



May 1927' o. s. HELLUMS COTTON CHOPPER File d June 29. 1925 s sneaks-sum 1 0. eu@ms INVENTOR a. agw

ATTORNEY May 31 s, HELLUMS COTTON CHOPPER Filed June 29. 1925 5 Sheets-Shut 2 WITNESS:

0. s. HELLUMS COTTON CHOPPER Filed June 29. 1925 v I s Sheds-Shut 3 OQS'QHeZZwms INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

May 31,1927. 1,631,032

o. s. HELLUMS COTTON CHOPPER Filed June 29. 1925 5 Shoots-Shoot 4' ATTORNEY WITNESS:

May 31, 1927.- I 1,631,032

v O. S. HELLUMS COTTON CHOPPER Filed June 29. 1925 I 5 Sheets-$heo 5 .0 S-HeZZumS INVENTOR several views,

member Patented May 31, 1927.

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This invention relates to a cotton chopper, the general object of the inventlonabeing Application filed June 29, 1925; swarm. 40395.

2 and'the wheels 3. tongue 4 is pivotally connected to the forward part of the frame,

to provide means whereby the cutting tool I "rear-part of the. frame, as shown at ,7,a

respect to the plants to be cut.

as shown at 5, and aseat 6 is pivoted to the small carriage 8 being connected with apart oftheseat standard and-engaging the rear part 'ofthe frame'to facilitate the. move- 'ment-of the seat on its pivot. A vertical frame 9-is slidably mounted in-the brackets "10 which'are fastened to thesi'de parts of the mainframe. A small frame 11 is slidably mounted on'the frame-"9 so that it can bct'moved transversely on "saidframe' and'this frame 11 has a bifurcated lower A further objectof the invention'isfto provide means for shifting the tool trans-1 versely through means of a shiftable seat and the tongue with means for lockmg the tongue against niovementwvhen necessary:

end which carries the bearings '12 for a crank shaft 135 onecrank of the shaft being formed by a balance disc 14.7 Curved V This s invention [also consists in certain other features of construction and in the arms 15' are connected'-with the bearings,

12 and a sleeve 16 is supported'by t11e arms so as to have rockingmov'ement. .A "clip 17 combination and arrangementof the sev f, eral parts, to be hereinafter fully described;" illustratedin the accompanying drawings 7 crank-shaft is rotated thehead ofw the tool and pointed out in the appended claims;

In describing my inventionin detail, ref-V erencewill be had to the accompanying will move in a circular path and thus have drawings wherein like characters denote] ,aXle 2 andl has'a clutch part which is adapted to be engaged by a clutch:part=2l which is slidably 'but non-rotatably mounted view 'of the invention" is c'arried by the crank shaft and the shank 18 of the ch'opp( ar'tool"19 passes through this clip and the sleeve 16 so :that as the a chopping actionr A sprocket 20 1s on the axle or shaft so that by moving this clutch part 21through means of the. hand lever 22and the connection23 the sprocket rcan'be'engagedn and disengaged from the shaft. jA stub shaft 24: is journaled in the vhousing 25 carriedby the'gframeandithis ing brackets for the, verticallyj movableframe. V

Figure 8 is aview partlyin section the driving means for the tool. 7 V Figure 9 is a view of the tool itself. Figure 10 is a view ,ofthe carriage for the seat. v a 1 Figure 11 is a view of the crank shaft for the tool. 1

I Figure 12 is a view of one of the tele scopic members forming a portion of the driving means for the-tool.

' Figure13 lsa vlew of the rock shaft.

Figure 1d shaft hasasprocket 26thereon and" a chain 27 passes overthe two-sprocketssothatthe Y stub shaft canbe driven from the shaft2.

A shaft 28 is' geared tothe shaft '24: by

loosely mounted on the means of the" gears 29 and the telescopic} link members 30 are connected with: the

. A Shaft 2 i journaled in thcfmain frame 05.

and has an arm 33 thereon which engages 3 the'top of'the frame 9 and said shaft has a crank 34 at one end so that it can) be is a view, of the connectin O means'between thehand lever and the rociz shaft. 7

In these-views 1 indicates the frame of the device which is supported by the axle.

rocked to cause'the arm 33 to adjust the frame 9 vertically This shaft can be rocked I through means of the hand lever 35 which 3 7' is connected with the crank the connect "ing mean's36 which-consist of a pair of'rnda shaft. 28 and'crankshaft 13 'throughmeansf Thus the tool I stretched to a certain extent'before thelinks 37 having their adjacent endsiconiiected together by a spring 38 and a pair of links 39, the links 39 permitting the spring tobe Will act to communicate the movement .91

one rod 37 to the other.. Thusby moving the hand lever the framefl can-be adjnsted to prevent the tool 19 from engaging the ground orplants' or the frame can :be; ad-

justed: through the. hand lever to properly positionthe tool withrespect to the plants to. be. chopped. ,for raising the; tool to prevent it str king,

In. order to provide means obstructions-or ;for temporarily adjusting it 'Thusfby depressingthe pedal by thefoot the frame 9'can beraised to raise the tool .1 and then'by removing thefoot the frame will pedaljvvithout interference on the the handlever.

.drop to the positio'nin which-it is supported by the adjustment; .of the hand lever; 35.

:Thespring part. inconnection 36 will permit the adjustment of the; frame 9 -by thefoot xAn .{L-shaped is formed on the r member '11* andgengages a; slot in the bentixend .ofa rotatable 'member 46 which is supported in the mainframe-and has a 1 cross piece 47 connected. with its upper end.

' 'Onesend vofthis crosspiece 47 has a slot 48 therein and its other end is providedyv ith a L projection .49. This'projection elQ engages u I I, g

rotating the. crank shaftjthrough one of the afslot 5O form'edin the inner end ofthe standard 6 of the-seat and pin 51 passes through the slot 48 jand a ,slot 52,111 the :inner end of thetongue. for; connecting the srcrosspiecewith-the tongue; ,Thus the member 461s rockediwhen .the tongue is moved lonzits pivot 5' and also when the seat is shifted and this rocking movement will cause; the frame .11 to shift injthe frame 9 and thusadjust.theeutting tool with respect Y to the rowof plants being acted uponi. When ,desired,-; the pin ,51 can be removed so as to :free the member 46 ,from'the tongueand 7 @ahook rod 53-used-jto connect theui nner end of the tongue with the frame to prevent minovement of the tong uefi Thiswwillf still permit the. frame 11' from the'seat i .From the, foregoing it will I m shiftingv his eight on the seat can swing the samefl so astoadjust the frame have provided. means wherebyv the operator mllfahd thereby the; tool laterally solthat Y the tool canbe properly positioned over' the irowl of plants being Zactedupon. By con-H meeting the tongue With themember 46 theQv tool will be shiftedas the tongue turns, on" its pivot/When" the implement is moving over, crookedirows so that. the tool will auto- Inatically be'positioned to properly chop the part of;

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to be shifted laterally in rowsjjvhichjare crooked. 1 The tool. isadjusted vertically by the hand lever and thefoot lever provides means for quickly raising the too-l so as to avoid, obstructions qor i vhen operating on unlevel stretches of ground.

is tllol gllbfrpni the foregoing description that the "advantages andnovel features of my invention vwill be readily apparent. V

des re .itto be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in fthe combination and. arrangement of thesevcrank shaft; carried by the laterally movable frame, -,a tool actuated by the crankshaft, a

tool engaging'part mounted forv oscillatory m ve t laterally mov le flam means forf rotating the crank ishaft, means for adjusting the vertically movable frame and means'for adjusting'the laterally'movr 2.. Acotton' a ivlieeled v frame, a vertically "movableframe carried thereby, "a laterally movable frame in j the ,vert'icallylmovable frame, -1a' cran'k shaft carried by the "laterally movable framefa tool actuatedby. the crankshaft, means for ground vvheels [andm eansj'for adjusting the frames, suchimea 'ns comprising ahahd lever for moving the vertical frame, shi'ftable' seat part for moving the laterally movable adjusting the vertically movable-frame.

i, .3. A cotton.1choppercoinprising' amain frame, fvvheelsf for supporting the same, a

vertical slidably mounted in thefmain frame, a small frame laterally adjustable in the vertical frame, a crank shaft carried by the crankshaftQmeans for rotatingt'he crank shaft y from one of the ground Wheels, a :rock shaft :IQUII HLlQCl n the'maln' frame, an arm thereon'engaging the vertical frai'ne, a hand lever, a connection between the hand level "and the rock shaft for rocking the shaft by movement of the hand lever suc'h means including. spring means, foot pedal, connections'betweenthe'jsame and the rock shaft for rocking theishfaft by the"depression of the pedal, ajsliifta ble :seat on the mainframe, means for adjusting'thejsmaH frame-laterally' by "the shifting movement of' the seat,

a pivoted. tongue, and means for adjusting the. small frame laterally by "the swinging v "movement ofsaid tongu the smallframe, a cutting tool carried by shaft journalecl in the 4:. A cotton chopper comprising" a main frame, Wheels for supporting the same, a vertical frame slidably mounted in themain frame, a small frame laterally adjustable in the vertical frame, a crank shaft carried by the small frame, a cutting tool carried by the crank shaft, means for rotating the crank shaft from one of the ground Wheels, a rock main frame, an arm thereon engaging the vertical frame, a hand lever, a connection between the hand lever and the rock shaft for rocking the shaft by g movement of the hand lever, such means including spring means, a foot pedal, con-,

nectionsebetween the same and the rock shaft for rocking the shaft by the depression of I thepedal, a shiftable seat on the main frame means foradjusting the small frame later- VosoAn s, nnLLUMs. 

